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More best of the year picks arrive and Hannah Kent&#8217;s debut novel is set to become a movie.<div class="sidebox">
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<p class="Subhead14Feature">More Best of the Year</p>
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<p>Top picks keep piling up. <em>Slate</em>’s Laura Miller selects her “<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2017/12/laura_miller_s_10_favorite_books_of_2017.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">10 Favorite Books of 2017</a>,” leading with <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0374274789" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Age of Anger: A History of the Present</span></a> by Pankaj Mishra (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Macmillan), writing “Of all the books I read in 2017, this is the one I thought of most often when trying to make sense of our current political mess.”</p>
<p>Her coworker at <em>Slate</em>, Katy Waldman, picks <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2017/12/best_books_of_2017_by_katy_waldman.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">her top 10 too</a>. She leads with <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/04/prepub/picks/dan-brown-egan-ide-maguire-more-barbaras-fiction-picks-oct-2017-pt-1/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Manhattan Beach</span></a> by Jennifer Egan (Scribner: Simon &#38; Schuster).</p>
<p>Finally, Maureen Corrigan of NPR picks her books to “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/568305196/theres-nothing-canned-or-contrived-in-maureen-corrigans-best-books-of-2017" rel="noopener noreferrer">To Close Out a Chaotic 2017</a>.” Corrigan leads with <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/03/prepub/picks/krauss-le-carre-mcdermott-rushdie-ward-barbaras-fiction-picks-sept-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Sing, Unburied, Sing</span></a> by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner: Simon &#38; Schuster).</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Briefly Noted</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107855" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780812994438_ec03a-195x300.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780812994438_ec03a-195x300.jpg 195w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780812994438_ec03a-326x500.jpg 326w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780812994438_ec03a.jpg 469w" sizes="(max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px" />The <em>NYT</em> reviews <a href="https://nyti.ms/2jSk0oU" rel="noopener noreferrer">two books related to the current fires in California</a>. The paper also reviews the new biography, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/05/prepub/nonfiction-previews/music-art-literature-nonfiction-previews-nov-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Avedon: Something Personal</span></a> by Norma Stevens and Steven M. L. Aronson (Spiegel &#38; Grau: Random House), writing, “<a href="https://nyti.ms/2BVWTRe" rel="noopener noreferrer">It’s a good time, this book</a>. There’s a feeling of arriving at a party where everyone is at least two drinks (and who knows what else) ahead of you, and the hostess has you by the arm and is barreling you into the thick of things, talking a mile a minute, catching you up on everyone’s hidden agendas, all before you’ve even shucked off your coat.”</p>
<p><em><img class="alignright wp-image-107857" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0-218x300.jpg" alt="" width="124" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0-218x300.jpg 218w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0-768x1057.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0-363x500.jpg 363w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0-900x1238.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781937512651_d62a0.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px" />The Washington Post</em> reviews <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1937512657" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">They Can&#8217;t Kill Us Until They Kill Us</span></a> by Hanif Abdurraqib (Two Dollar Radio), calling it “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/hanif-abdurraqibs-vital-meditation-on-music--and-living-and-dying-in-america/2017/12/12/1036f616-df6b-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?utm_term=.10f06d6d6104" rel="noopener noreferrer">a breathtaking collection of largely music-focused essays</a>.” They also consider <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/09/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-september-15-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at London&#8217;s National Theatre</span></a> by Nicholas Hytner (Knopf: Random House), calling it “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/one-of-theaters-most-accomplished-directors-reveals-a-life-among-the-stars/2017/12/08/214de808-daaa-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.6dce347ae34c" rel="noopener noreferrer">shrewd and engaging</a>.” Finally, they offer <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/books-to-get-you-ready-for-harry-and-meghans-royal-wedding/2017/12/11/90d833f8-d9cf-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.47583771e789" rel="noopener noreferrer">a list of “Books to get you ready for Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding</a>.”</p>
<p>“<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/12/12/feminism-is-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-thanks-in-part-to-kellyanne-conway/?utm_term=.089db22bcdf8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Feminism” is the word of the year according to Merriam-Webster</a>, meaning, says <em>The Washington Post</em>, “it is the most-searched word on Merriam-Webster’s website.”</p>
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<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107853" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316243919-198x300.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316243919-198x300.jpg 198w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316243919-329x500.jpg 329w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316243919.jpg 494w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" />Hannah Kent’s debut novel <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2013/03/prepub/fiction-previews/fiction-previews-sept-2013-pt-3-four-hot-debut-authors-bodden-kent-smith-zailckas/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Burial Rites</span></a> (Little, Brown: Hachette) <a href="http://deadline.com/2017/12/jennifer-lawrence-burial-ritesr-luca-guadagnino-directing-1202225687/" rel="noopener noreferrer">is heading to the big screen</a> reports <em>Deadline Hollywood</em>. Jennifer Lawrence is set to star and produce.</p>
<p>NPR’s <em>Morning Editio</em>n features <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/13/568819659/showstopping-holiday-desserts-for-home-cooks-of-all-skill-levels" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yotam Ottolenghi</a>, co-author of <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1607749149" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Sweet: Desserts from London&#8217;s Ottolenghi</span></a> with Helen Goh (Ten Speed Press: Random House).</p>
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http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/academic-libraries/2017-acrlny-symposium-mission/feed/0The 2017 ACRL/NY (Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of Association of College and Research Libraries) Symposium, held on December 1 at Baruch College in Manhattan, led off with an interesting proposition: that thinking creatively about access—and how libraries can provide the widest range of access now and into the future—can offer a new kind of framework for shaping collections.<p><img class="alignright wp-image-80671 size-full" style="border: 0.25px solid #808080;" src="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ACRLNY-Logo-Rectangle2-e1513113363923.png" alt="ACRL/NY logo" width="300" height="133" />The 2017 <a href="http://acrlny.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ACRL/NY</a> (Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of Association of College and Research Libraries) Symposium, held on December 1 at Baruch College in Manhattan, led off with an interesting proposition: that thinking creatively about access—and how libraries can provide the widest range of access now and into the future—can offer a new kind of framework for shaping collections, as David Magier, associate university librarian for collection development at Princeton University, pointed out in his keynote address.</p>
<p>The theme for this year’s event, “The Mission: The Academic and Research Library in the Twenty-First Century Information Environment,” was focused on the academic librarian’s role in a shifting scholarly environment, with an emphasis throughout the day on collection and preservation.</p>
<p class="Subhead">CONTENT AS GUIDING FORCE</p>
<p>Magier’s keynote, “Collecting, Collaborating, Facilitating: New Dynamics in the Role of Content in the Research Library&#8217;s Evolving Mission,&#8221; took a hard look at what rapid change can mean. Discourse on the library’s mission of has become more frequent and more urgent, he noted; everyone used to know what the library and its work represented, but that common understanding is no longer the rule. Magier, who has spent his career at Ivy League schools, feels that the increasing attention to mission statements comes out of this rising insecurity and the academic library community’s need to stake out an identity.</p>
<p>But as libraries double down on their definitions, he advised, they shouldn’t lose sight of the significance of what makes a library a library—content, and the mission of connecting patrons to the content they need. That mission comes with its own caveat, however. Today’s research and teaching demands attention to content whose creators didn’t have academia in mind, distributed through channels that have nothing to do with higher education; to restrict content to only that procured through traditional academic channels is to narrow access. “Time is the enemy of access,” Magier said; much of the “long tail” that comprises valuable future research material won’t be available down the line if it isn’t organized by libraries, because it won’t fall on vendors’ radar.</p>
<p>However, no library can collect everything, he added. We have to make choices. One level of choice is whether to buy, borrow, or lease print and digital or networked material, with each offering the library a different level of control. Owning provides the most control; leasing or licensing specifies terms of use, which are good only for the length of the license; borrowing is restricted by the lender. What matters, Magier stressed, is access. Whether individual books or journal articles, datasets or databases, GIS information, material samples, or designs to be 3-D printed, the patrons need their content when they need it.</p>
<p class="Subhead">ACCESS VS. OWNERSHIP</p>
<p>As libraries draw closer to their goal of connecting patrons to content by reducing friction—keystrokes, time between discovery and access, or impediments to use—the divide between ownership and access is becoming less important to those who use these materials. Patrons don’t need to know who owns what, noted Magier. Should it matter to libraries?</p>
<p>One example of an arrangement that has developed organically, said Magier, is <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/10/managing-libraries/collaboration-for-hard-times/">the New Jersey–based ReCAP shelving facility</a> where Princeton, Columbia University, and New York Public Library share space for print materials. What began as essentially a “condominium association,” with partners using ReCAP as a storage space and common processing center has become a consortial operation. The partners discovered substantial duplication within their holdings, and began looking into ways to use the space more cost-effectively. The answer was to think of the materials as a collective, with records integrated into the online public access catalogs (OPACs) and discovery systems of all three libraries.</p>
<p>Arrangements like this are sprouting up all over the country, Magier noted, with libraries making more of their materials available to all. He pointed to Princeton’s collection of Latin American ephemera: scholars loved the content but not the amount of friction involved in discovering it, so the library instituted a process of digitizing each piece of ephemera on receipt and making the entire collection open access online. It isn’t cheap, he added, but by collaborating with stakeholders at other institutions Princeton was able to develop a sustainable funding model.</p>
<p>“This is how libraries can continue to focus on content,” Magier said. Someone still needs to acquire it, but libraries can spread the burden of sustainably growing collections through radical collaboration and coordinating resources.</p>
<p>But what about libraries that can’t afford to collect research level materials? “Many people work at places where we just hope and pray that you big guys will keep collecting stuff so we can borrow it,” noted one commenter. What are the politics of organizing and networking so that smaller institutions can have some influence over shaping collections that meet their needs?</p>
<p>Each institution is ultimately going to act in its own best interest, Magier answered, but that can involve thinking in terms of broad collaborations, or adding scholarly output to the collective—ideally there will be some mix of in-kind and concrete contributions. “That kind of infrastructure cannot be ignored,” he stated.</p>
<p class="Subhead">FOCUS ON COOPERATION</p>
<p>The panels that followed put many of those ideals into context. “The Distributed Execution of the Twenty-First Century Academic Library Mission” brought together four librarians and leaders from collection-sharing initiatives to discuss the opportunities and challenges they encountered in the field. Galadriel Chilton, director of collections initiatives for Ivy Plus Libraries, discussed the nuts and bolts of putting together the web resources collection program, a partnership between academic libraries at Brown University, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Stanford University and Yale University. The goal of Ivy Plus, said Chilton, was to address every aspect of the collection lifecycle, developing curated collections for participating libraries and beyond. Its key challenges, she explained, lay in meeting the concept of “comprehensive” collections, addressing the cultural shift from local to consortial ownership, and working to build trust and social capital so the collaboration could succeed. Maximizing access while reducing costs is an ongoing concern as well. Ivy Plus continues to explore new models of collection and service, said Chilton, demonstrating that “cooperation is of equal or more importance than survival of the fittest.”</p>
<p>The mission of ConnectNY, a consortium of 18 New York State academic libraries and the Center for Research Libraries working together to share collections, leverage resources, and enhance services through cooperative initiatives, has stayed the same since it was founded in 2002, said executive director Pamela Jones. The organization has grown and evolved technically, however, looking beyond the sharing of print resources to electronic documents and interlibrary loan (ILL); enhancing special collections by contributing finding aids; and focusing on UX for staff as well as patrons.</p>
<p>Beth Posner, head of library resource sharing at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, spotlighted the Graduate Center’s work with ILL as well, calling on all libraries to support their ILL services. In addition to processing millions of transactions annually, said Posner, an effective ILL program can initiate book acquisitions—sometimes as a cheaper or easier solution to borrowing—scan and deliver local resources, suggest material for digitization, find material in need of preservation attention, and help contribute valuable decisions about collection development. All of this comes with costs of both money and labor, but results in a higher level of shared information.</p>
<p>Julia Glauberman, instructional outreach librarian at Binghamton University Libraries, NY, presented the results of a recent survey exploring the value of citation management tools for academic libraries. The survey asked academic librarians about purchase or subscription costs for paid tools, library support for paid and free tools, communication with vendors, and satisfaction levels, and solicited open-ended comments, receiving 364 responses. Although there is still less support for free tools than paid in terms of troubleshooting, workshops, and documentation, satisfaction levels were surprisingly close for both. Glauberman also discussed the wave of acquisitions of free tools by proprietary companies, and stressed the importance of considering the connection between tools and educational and research goals.</p>
<p class="Subhead">PRESERVATION AND DISCOVERY</p>
<p>The afternoon’s final panel, “Rescue Mission: Adapting To Preserve Endangered Content In the Twenty-First Century Information World,” examined preservation issues.</p>
<p>Christina Bell, humanities librarian at Bates College, ME, talked about the Diverse Book Finder built by the college’s library, which holds one of the nation’s most comprehensive collections of children’s picture books featuring children of color. The average search of a library catalog doesn’t tend to reveal representation in children’s books, said Bell—publishers’ metadata is rarely granular enough to answer that question, and K–12 books are often lumped together, providing too great a range to be useful to children’s librarians—so librarians at Bates hand-coded metadata for some 1,400 books by age and representation of nationalities and races. The database, funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, can give librarian users an idea of how children’s books map to their community’s demographics, and where the gaps in their collections might lie. In addition, libraries can submit spreadsheets of their own collections, and the Diverse Book Finder crew will return the representation stats.</p>
<p>Debora Cheney, assistant CIO for assessment and user engagement at the University at Albany, NY, looked at news librarianship and changes in best practices for preserving newspapers, given the media changes of the past decade. The news research environment is shifting as well, noted Cheney, from a fixed format to a “moving target” and a continuous news cycle. Both readers and researchers expect instantaneous access, and libraries are increasingly left out of news-based research support. “We need to get back into the niche,” she said, and recommended that academic news librarianship focus on the entire lifecycle and scope of news content.</p>
<p>News was also on the agenda for Rachel King, media librarian at Long Island University’s Brooklyn campus—in this instance, digital archiving practices for journalists. King’s case in point was the recent shutdown of news sites DNAInfo and Gothamist by their publisher in response to staff unionization. The takedown happened overnight, with writers losing access to the portfolios of work they would need to find new jobs—a “wake-up call for what could happen.” Personal digital archiving is something people need to actively manage and maintain, King noted, no matter what their platform, and they need to know that they can work with libraries to learn what they need.</p>
<p>To cap off the day, Kate Wittenberg, managing director of digital preservation and electronic archiving service Portico, a division of ITHAKA, offered a solid overview of preservation strategies to meet varying levels of needs. Near-term protection is synonymous with backup; material is stored in multiple locations and can resolve short-term access problems. Commercial software is usually required to retrieve material, which requires that software to be current. Mid-term protection involves byte replication, in which multiple, identical copies of files are created. This does not ensure usability when file formats are no longer current, and does not replicate descriptive metadata. Long-term protection stores an authentic replica of the original, with content migrated to remain usable with current technologies and contains bibliographic metadata to allow discovery over the long term. Organizations should develop the long-term preservation plan that meets their needs, said Wittenberg, and working with others on a collective plan with a shared investment or partnering with existing preservation services can increase their options.</p>
<p>Breakout sessions brought attendees together to discuss their missions as advisors and collectors, as well as issues concerning library education, information literacy instruction, and advisement. At the end of the afternoon, ACRL/NY Symposium attendees came away with new levels of insight into collaboration, collecting, and preservation—and new strategies for taking the long view.</p>Academic LibrariesCollection DevelopmentDigital ContentOrganizations & ConsortiaShows & EventsACRL/NY 2017 SymposiumTue, 12 Dec 2017 21:40:53 GMThttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/academic-libraries/2017-acrlny-symposium-mission/#respondhttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/?p=80670Lisa Peet2017-12-12T21:40:53ZBook the Golden Globes | Book Pulsehttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/collection-development/book-pulse/book-the-golden-globes-book-pulse/
The Golden Globes celebrate books as well as film and TV and a breakout short story published in <em>The New Yorker</em> has a lot of people talking.<div class="sidebox">
<p>Welcome to <em>Book Pulse</em>, a daily update designed to help collection development and readers&#8217; advisory librarians navigate the never-ending wave of new books and book news.</p>
<p>Here you will find highlights of titles moving in the marketplace and getting buzz, bookish stories making news, and key items from the literary web.</p>
<p><em>Book Pulse</em> owes its existence to the legacy of Nora Rawlinson and <em>EarlyWord</em> as well as the work of Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords at the <em>RAOnline Blog</em>. <em>Book Pulse</em> takes their vital work onward, continuing to nurture a community of librarians learning from and supporting each other and providing resources that help us excel at our jobs.</p>
<p>I look forward to your input—what works, what does not, what helps, what is needed? Write me at <a href="mailto:nwyatt@mediasourceinc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">nwyatt@mediasourceinc.com</a>.</p>
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<p class="Subhead14Feature">A Bookish Golden Globes</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107748" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MV5BZTg3YTEzNjYtZTY2NS00YjNmLTlhNjUtZTI2M2E5NDI4M2NjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI3MDEzMzM@._V1_SY1000_CR006751000_AL_-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="115" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MV5BZTg3YTEzNjYtZTY2NS00YjNmLTlhNjUtZTI2M2E5NDI4M2NjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI3MDEzMzM@._V1_SY1000_CR006751000_AL_-203x300.jpg 203w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MV5BZTg3YTEzNjYtZTY2NS00YjNmLTlhNjUtZTI2M2E5NDI4M2NjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI3MDEzMzM@._V1_SY1000_CR006751000_AL_-338x500.jpg 338w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MV5BZTg3YTEzNjYtZTY2NS00YjNmLTlhNjUtZTI2M2E5NDI4M2NjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzI3MDEzMzM@._V1_SY1000_CR006751000_AL_.jpg 675w" sizes="(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px" /><a href="https://nyti.ms/2jMqmGD" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Golden Globe nominees have been announced</a>. A number relate to books or have close book connections, including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5726616/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Call Me by Your Name</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Disaster Artist</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396589/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Mudbound</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Game of Thrones</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3920596/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Big Little Lies</em></a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3006802/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Outlander,</em></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837492/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>13 Reasons Why</em></a>. It is a display waiting to be made.</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Briefly Noted</p>
<p>The <em>NYT</em> <a href="https://nyti.ms/2jMZt5q" rel="noopener noreferrer">interviews</a> <em>The New Yorker</em> sensation, Kristen Roupenian, the author of the short story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cat Person</a>.” <a href="http://lithub.com/why-is-the-internet-in-an-uproar-over-a-single-short-story/" rel="noopener noreferrer">LitHub</a> is on the story too.</p>
<p><img class="alignright wp-image-107741" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780393070132_a727f-197x300.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780393070132_a727f-197x300.jpg 197w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780393070132_a727f-328x500.jpg 328w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780393070132_a727f.jpg 473w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" />The <em>NYT</em> turns its <a href="https://nyti.ms/2jNQ7WM" rel="noopener noreferrer">attention</a> to <a href="https://nyti.ms/2jOadAi" rel="noopener noreferrer">comics</a>. The paper <a href="https://nyti.ms/2l1jFUB." rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <span class="ProductName"><a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0393070131" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Complete Poems of A.R. Ammons: Volume 1 1955-1977</a></span> and<span class="ProductName"> <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0393254895" rel="noopener noreferrer">Volume 2 1978-2005</a></span> by A.R. Ammons, edited by Robert M. West (W.W. Norton). In two other reviews they consider<a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/10/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-november-1-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName"> The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good</span></a> by David Goldfield (Bloomsbury USA: Macmillan), calling it a “<a href="https://nyti.ms/2l29wXK" rel="noopener noreferrer">good-hearted book</a>,&#8221; and <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/09/books/fiction/top-world-fiction-for-fall/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Go, Went, Gone</span></a> by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky (New Directions: W.W. Norton), calling Erpenbeck &#8220;<a href="https://nyti.ms/2l1xa6t" rel="noopener noreferrer">one of Germany’s finest contemporary writers</a>.”</p>
<p><a href="https://nyti.ms/2kZ4njd" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gabriel García Márquez’s archive is available free online</a>. The<em> NYT</em> has the story.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107742" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d-197x300.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d-197x300.jpg 197w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d-768x1167.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d-329x500.jpg 329w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d-900x1368.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781632869951_ab97d.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" />Ron Charles of <em>The Washington Post</em> says of <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/06/prepub/fiction-previews/diski-shafak-laura-lee-smith-yan-lianke-literary-fiction-previews/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Three Daughters of Eve</span></a> by Elif Shafak (Bloomsbury USA: Macmillan), that it “reveals such a timely confluence of today’s issues that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/elif-shafaks-new-novel-is-so-timely-that-it-seems-almost-clairvoyant/2017/12/11/f0887b58-ddff-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term=.df31c68aa705" rel="noopener noreferrer">it seems almost clairvoyant</a>. Sexual harassment, Islamic terrorism, the rising tension between the faithful and the secular, and the gaping chasm between the rich and the poor—all play out in [its] pages.”</p>
<p><em>USA Today</em> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/12/12/book-review-usual-santas-christmas-crime-capers/931992001/" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/10/books/fiction/christmas-can-be-murder-27-tales-of-yule/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers</span></a> with a forward by Peter Lovesey (Soho Crime: Random House), giving it three out of four stars.</p>
<p><em>Entertainment Weekly</em> focuses on <a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/12/11/twisted-romance-comic-anthology-sneak-peek/" rel="noopener noreferrer">comics and romance</a>. NPR offers <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/569948811/for-december-forget-wrapping-presents-and-treat-yourself-to-these-3-romances" rel="noopener noreferrer">three romances</a> as well.</p>
<p>Michael Dirda of <em>The Washington Post</em> offers his <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/michael-dirdas-wondrous-holiday-book-recommendations/2017/12/10/c2ce58e8-daaa-11e7-b859-fb0995360725_story.html?utm_term=.2a7838dbe2c9" rel="noopener noreferrer">“wondrous holiday book recommendations</a>.”</p>
<p><strong>Book Deals:</strong></p>
<p>Tina Turner, whose first book, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0061958808" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">I, Tina</span></a>, was a bestseller and adapted into a movie, is <a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/12/11/tina-turner-my-love-story-memoir/" rel="noopener noreferrer">writing another memoir</a>: <span class="ProductName">Tina Turner: My Love Story</span>. <em>EW</em> reports it “will be published by Atria next October.”</p>
<p><a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/12/11/ernie-cline-confirms-ready-player-one-sequel/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Expect a sequel to <span class="ProductName">Ready Player One</span></a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/12/11/sean-spicer-announces-book/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sean Spicer is writing a book</a>, reports <em>Entertainment Weekly</em>. <em>The Briefing</em> will come out in July.</p>
<p><strong>Authors on Air:</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107740" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7-300x250.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7-300x250.jpg 300w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7-768x639.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7-500x416.jpg 500w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7-900x749.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316512589_815e7.jpg 901w" sizes="(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px" />Pete Souza, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0316512575" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Obama: An Intimate Portrait: The Historic Presidency in Photographs</span></a> (Little, Brown: Hachette) was on <em>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</em> yesterday. Tonight Tom Hanks, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/04/prepub/fiction-previews/from-buarque-to-thien-literary-fiction-previews-oct-2017-pt-1/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Uncommon Type: Some Stories</span></a> (Knopf: Random House), and Katy Tur, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0062684922" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History</span></a> (Dey Street Books:HarperCollins) will be on <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><a style="color: #ff0000;" href="http://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/media/10574/book-pulse-alerts" rel="noopener noreferrer">CLICK HERE to receive daily <em>Book Pulse</em> alerts in your inbox</a></strong></span></p>ReviewsBook PulseBookscollection developmentLJreaders' advisoryTue, 12 Dec 2017 15:53:19 GMThttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/?p=107733Neal Wyatt2017-12-12T15:53:19ZTake On “the Burden”: To Calm the Angry or Argumentative | Blatant Berryhttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/john-berry/take-burden-calm-angry-argumentative-blatant-berry/
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/john-berry/take-burden-calm-angry-argumentative-blatant-berry/feed/1“When the sane are dealing with the insane, the burden is on the sane.” That was one of my father’s favorite axioms, especially after some family argument (or a few drinks). The rest of the family used the idea frequently to calm our angry discussions with one another or with our friends and adversaries.<p class="k4text"><span class="k4lead"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-76442" src="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/berrywebsquare.jpeg" alt="" width="145" height="145" srcset="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/berrywebsquare.jpeg 145w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/berrywebsquare-70x70.jpeg 70w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/berrywebsquare-100x100.jpeg 100w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/berrywebsquare-144x144.jpeg 144w" sizes="(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px" />“When the sane are dealing </span> with the insane, the burden is on the sane.” That was one of my father’s favorite axioms, especially after some family argument (or a few drinks). The rest of the family used the idea frequently to calm our angry discussions with one another or with our friends and adversaries. We usually shortened the old man’s maxim to “the burden is on the sane,” as we simultaneously disdained and made peace with those who confronted us. As I grew older, I understood that the adage provided good guidance for human interactions but was better left unsaid during arguments or disputes.</p>
<p class="k4text">I learned that it is very helpful to remind yourself that “the burden is on the sane” in library relations with complaining and outraged adult users, errant and noisy adolescents, children in the midst of a temper tantrum, and older patrons who become almost irrational when they can’t find those quiet and relatively empty reading rooms they think they remember from the good old days.</p>
<p class="k4text">Reminding myself of who has “the burden” made me a better young adult librarian, reference librarian, and library administrator. Of course, I expanded the definition of <em>insane</em> to cover anyone who spoke out in anger, argued against library policy, made a disturbance, or did anything that I thought was irrational or too loud.</p>
<p class="k4text">I used the axiom as permission to stretch library rules and regulations to calm the beastly patron or quiet the rambunctious middle schooler. Back when I was a brand new young adult librarian, I found that the aphorism helped me put an end to that library’s bad habit of ejecting misbehaving teens, often calling the police, and replace it with simply reasoning with those youths to quiet down.</p>
<p class="k4text">Remembering who carried “the burden” made me a more logical person and librarian whenever conflict arose. It also made my life much more peaceful than it would have been if I were sucked into the argument or began to feel exasperated myself. It made it possible to empathize with my adversaries instead of challenging them or having them removed from the building.</p>
<p class="k4text">I always thought of my father when a situation got to the point that I had to take up “the burden,” and I remembered that the saying always calmed him in our disputes with each other, allowing him to write off whatever infraction I had committed with a sigh and sometimes even forgiveness.</p>
<p class="k4text">Don’t think taking on “the burden” meant I always lost the argument or conceded the point. Sometimes I did that, but just as often it helped me convince an adversary to drop the issue. “I agree,” I might say, “that is a dumb policy. But it is my job to enforce it.”</p>
<p class="k4text">I don’t advise pushing the idea too far or expecting too much success. On the other hand, it will certainly help you deal with those difficult occasions involving other humans by remembering what the old man said: “When the sane are dealing with the insane, the burden is on the sane.” Amen, dear father, amen.</p>
<p class="k4text"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-40552" src="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature.gif" alt="" width="328" height="154" srcset="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature.gif 328w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature-300x140.gif 300w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature-110x51.gif 110w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature-170x79.gif 170w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Berry_signature-200x93.gif 200w" sizes="(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px" /></p>Blatant BerryLJ in PrintLJ_2017_Dec_01Mon, 11 Dec 2017 14:15:17 GMThttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/john-berry/take-burden-calm-angry-argumentative-blatant-berry/#commentshttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/?p=80603John N. Berry III2017-12-11T14:15:17ZRun Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulsehttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/collection-development/book-pulse/run-your-week-big-books-sure-bets-titles-making-news-book-pulse-7/
<em>The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir</em> by Maude Julien and <em>Signal Loss</em> by Garry Disher lead holds this week, <em>People</em> picks their best books of the year, and four new book-based film trailers arrive.<div class="sidebox">
<p>Welcome to <em>Book Pulse</em>, a daily update designed to help collection development and readers&#8217; advisory librarians navigate the never-ending wave of new books and book news.</p>
<p>Here you will find highlights of titles moving in the marketplace and getting buzz, bookish stories making news, and key items from the literary web.</p>
<p><em>Book Pulse</em> owes its existence to the legacy of Nora Rawlinson and <em>EarlyWord</em> as well as the work of Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords at the <em>RAOnline Blog</em>. <em>Book Pulse</em> takes their vital work onward, continuing to nurture a community of librarians learning from and supporting each other and providing resources that help us excel at our jobs.</p>
<p>I look forward to your input—what works, what does not, what helps, what is needed? Write me at <a href="mailto:nwyatt@mediasourceinc.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">nwyatt@mediasourceinc.com</a>.</p>
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<p class="Subhead14Feature">Big Books for the Week</p>
<p>It is a slow publishing week but two books lead in holds:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107680" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316466622_c1e8e-198x300.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316466622_c1e8e-198x300.jpg 198w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316466622_c1e8e-331x500.jpg 331w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780316466622_c1e8e.jpg 496w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" /> <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/06/prepub/nonfiction-previews/media-stars-rock-stars-actors-more-memoir-previews-nov-dec-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir</span></a> by Maude Julien, translated by Adriana Hunter (Little, Brown) and <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/books/fiction/lj-fiction-review-alert-december-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Signal Loss</span></a> by Garry Disher (Soho Crime: Random) (see below).</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Booksellers Suggest</p>
<p>There is one <a href="http://www.bookweb.org/news/december-2017-indie-next-list-preview-102170" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indie Next</a> pick for the week:</p>
<p><img class="alignright wp-image-106142" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9781616958596_3a29f-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9781616958596_3a29f-200x300.jpg 200w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9781616958596_3a29f-333x500.jpg 333w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/9781616958596_3a29f.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" /><a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/books/fiction/lj-fiction-review-alert-december-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Signal Loss</span></a> by Garry Disher (Soho Crime: Random)<br />
“Set in Australia, the seventh in Disher’s Challis and Destry series is just as action-packed and exciting as the previous books. Meth kingpins, hit men, and a serial rapist are the villains of this installment, and the Australian location adds interest and flavor.”—<em>Susan Taylor, The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY</em></p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">In the Media</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107682" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de-200x300.jpg 200w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de-768x1152.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de-333x500.jpg 333w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de-900x1350.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781250169440_385de.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" /><img class="alignleft wp-image-107683" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe-251x300.jpg" alt="" width="142" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe-251x300.jpg 251w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe-768x917.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe-419x500.jpg 419w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe-900x1075.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781452145402_84afe.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px" /><em>Entertainment Weekly</em> puts the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5726616/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer">film version</a> of <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1250169445" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Call Me By Your Name</span></a> by André Aciman (Picador: Macmillan) on their Must List at #3, and ponders if one should read the book before seeing the movie. The film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6294822/?ref_=nv_sr_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Post</em> </a>is #9, with a column of supporting books for further reading.</p>
<p>In their Books section, <em>EW</em> highlights “The Most Beautiful Books of the Year,” including <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/09/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-october-1-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="textLarge ProductName">The Card Catalog: <span class="pev_subName"><span class="ProductName">Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures</span></span></span></a><span class="pev_subName"> Compiled by the </span>Library of Congress (Chronicle) (<em>LJ</em> stars).</p>
<p><em>People</em> picks their Top 10 Books of the Year, leading with <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2016/06/books/fiction/summer-promise-debut-novels-july-1-2016/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Lincoln in the Bardo</span></a> by George Saunders (Random).</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Briefly Noted</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107684" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780735219861_bbc48-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780735219861_bbc48-199x300.jpg 199w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780735219861_bbc48-331x500.jpg 331w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780735219861_bbc48.jpg 477w" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" />The <em>NYT</em> <a href="https://nyti.ms/2BPPwe6" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/10/books/fiction/first-and-foremost-debut-novels/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance</span></a> by Bill McKibben (Blue Rider: Penguin), calling it “a charming bit of artisanal resistance lit.” They provide <a href="https://nyti.ms/2jCxrt9" rel="noopener noreferrer">a short reading list about the value of preserving nature</a> (which could easily be expanded into a display).</p>
<p><em>The Washington Post</em> gives <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/sensitivity-of-pigs-and-the-thieving-of-squirrels--all-part-of-animals-inner-lives/2017/12/08/028c9a42-ca3b-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?utm_term=.50ddc601851e" rel="noopener noreferrer">a positive review</a> to <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/08/books/nonfic/nonfiction-on-a-passion-for-birds-and-animal-behavior-xpress-reviews/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World</span></a> by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone) and author Lisa Kleypas <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/hillary-you-are-a-romance-novel-heroine/2017/12/08/64bac658-dc2e-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.50cf7097870e" rel="noopener noreferrer">defends the romance genre</a>, while telling Hillary Clinton about its virtues and calling her “an honorary romance heroine — no <img class="alignright wp-image-107685" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781541773684_9fd0e-194x300.jpg" alt="" width="110" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781541773684_9fd0e-194x300.jpg 194w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781541773684_9fd0e-323x500.jpg 323w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781541773684_9fd0e.jpg 484w" sizes="(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />pedestal required, just a pantsuit.” The paper also reviews <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1541773675" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart</span></a> by Rachel Botsman (PublicAffairs: Hachette), writing “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/we-are-in-a-crisis-over-trust-in-government-business-and-online-with-no-fix-in-sight/2017/12/08/d733b79e-d387-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?utm_term=.88aa72182fae" rel="noopener noreferrer">a timely and accessible framework for understanding what trust is, how it works, why it matters and how it is evolving</a>. It is an important primer to the obstacles and opportunities we face as a society if we are to repair and redefine trust across socioeconomic, political and cultural divides. The stakes are high.”</p>
<p><em>Entertainment Weekly</em> provides “<a href="http://ew.com/books/the-complete-guide-to-books-on-the-2016-election/theres-a-2016-election-book-for-everyone" rel="noopener noreferrer">The complete guide to books on the 2016 election</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-107686" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="170" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c-199x300.jpg 199w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c-768x1159.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c-331x500.jpg 331w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c-900x1358.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9781501134913_f0e6c.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" /> The <em>LA Times</em> <a href="http://beta.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-parental-discretion-gangsta-rap-20171208-story.html#nt=blogroll" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-november-15-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap</span></a> by Gerrick D. Kennedy (Atria), writing, “Kennedy is a deft storyteller … adept at setting the stage and all its players.” The paper also <a href="http://beta.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-gayle-brandeis-20171208-story.html#nt=blogroll" rel="noopener noreferrer">interviews</a> Gayle Brandeis, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0807044865" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother&#8217;s Suicide</span></a> (Beacon).</p>
<p>There is a companion book for <em>The Crown</em>, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1524762288" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)</span></a> by Robert Lacey (Crown Archetype: Random).</p>
<p>Kazuo Ishiguro has given his <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2017/ishiguro-lecture_en.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nobel Lecture</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Authors on Air:</strong></p>
<p>NPR’s <em>All Things Considered</em> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/10/569767166/examining-the-role-self-awareness-plays-in-sexual-harassment" rel="noopener noreferrer">interviews</a> Tasha Eurich, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0525573941" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Insight: Why We&#8217;re Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life</span> </a>(Crown Business: Random).</p>
<p><em>Morning Edition</em> talks with <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/08/569345908/exploring-politics-and-religion-in-three-daughters-of-eve" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elif Shafak</a>, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/06/prepub/fiction-previews/diski-shafak-laura-lee-smith-yan-lianke-literary-fiction-previews/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Three Daughters of Eve</span></a> (Bloomsbury USA: Macmillan) while <em>Weekend Edition Saturday</em> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/09/569283151/in-a-new-novel-the-lost-prayers-of-a-gay-teen-bullied-to-death" rel="noopener noreferrer">interviews</a> James Han Mattson, <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1503942481" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves</span></a> (Little A) and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/12/09/569241086/a-fathers-cruel-mission-to-create-the-only-girl-in-the-world" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maude Julien</a>, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/06/prepub/nonfiction-previews/media-stars-rock-stars-actors-more-memoir-previews-nov-dec-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir</span></a> (Little, Brown).</p>
<p>A number of book-based films get trailers:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Alita: Battle Angel</em></a>: based on Yukito Kishiro&#8217;s <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1612622917" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Battle Angel Alita</span></a> manga:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aj8mN_7Apcw?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686844/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Death of Stalin</em></a>: based on the <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1785863401" rel="noopener noreferrer">graphic novel of the same name</a>:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GfTuGM3V8RY?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4881806/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom</em></a>: Continuing to build on the story idea of Michael Crichton:</p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vn9mMeWcgoM?rel=0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5742374/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>You Were Never Really Here</em></a>: based on the novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames &#8211; there is a <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0525562893" rel="noopener noreferrer">tie-in edition</a>.</p>
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E.L. James's latest lands a #1 spot, the <em>NYT</em> critics pick their faves of 2017, and Tiffany Haddish is set to talk with Trevor Noah about <em>The Last Black Unicorn</em>.<div class="sidebox">
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<p class="Subhead14Feature">New to the Bestseller Lists</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/hardcover-fiction/"><em>NYT</em> Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers</a> | <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/hardcover-nonfiction/"><em>NYT</em> Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers</a> <em>| <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/best-selling/week/2017/49/page/1/">USA Today</a></em> Best-Selling Books<img class="alignright wp-image-107574" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Tom-Clancy-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="145" height="219" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Tom-Clancy-199x300.jpg 199w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Tom-Clancy.jpg 295w" sizes="(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px" /></p>
<p><a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0385543913" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian</span></a> by E.L. James (Vintage: Random)<br />
Debuts at #1 on the <em>USA Today</em> Best-Selling Books list.</p>
<p><a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/05/prepub/fiction-previews/bradford-evans-steel-more-pop-fiction-previews-nov-2017/">Past Perfect</a> by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)<br />
Debuts at #6 on the <em>NYT</em> Hardcover Fiction list and at #11 on the <em>USA Today</em> Best-Selling Books list.</p>
<p><a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/05/prepub/fiction-previews/from-baldacci-to-patterson-thriller-previews-nov-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Tom Clancy Power and Empire</span></a> by Marc Cameron (Putnam)<br />
Debuts at #7 on the <em>NYT</em> Hardcover Fiction list and at #10 on the <em>USA Today</em> Best-Selling Books list.</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Best of the Year</p>
<p>Even more best books lists arrive as the <em>NYT</em> gets a second swing with their list of <a href="https://nyti.ms/2ABZAHT" rel="noopener noreferrer">critics top picks of the year</a>. Nonfiction reviewer Jennifer Senior announces this will be her &#8220;final month on the job.&#8221; Among her picks is <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=0316260231" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="textLarge ProductName">The Water Will Come</span></a><span class="pev_subName"><span class="ProductName">: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World</span> by </span>Jeff Goodell (Little, Brown).</p>
<p><a href="http://ew.com/books/the-10-best-books-of-2017/2017s-10-best-reads" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Entertainment Weekly</em> names their best, too</a>. <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/in-the-bookroom/you-might-also-like-lj-notable-books-of-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Exit West</span></a> by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead: Penguin) is their #1 pick for the year.</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Briefly Noted</p>
<p>The Texas Department of Criminal Justice <a href="https://nyti.ms/2AWzn9R" rel="noopener noreferrer">bans 10,000 books</a> reports the <em>NYT,</em> including a <img class="alignright wp-image-107575" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr-199x300.jpg" alt="" width="191" height="288" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr-199x300.jpg 199w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr-768x1159.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr-331x500.jpg 331w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr-900x1358.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/the-last-black-unicorn-9781501181825_hr.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px" />“pop-up edition of <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas</em>, <em>The Color Purple</em> and the 1908 Sears, Roebuck catalog.” The paper <a href="https://nyti.ms/2AXRpIS" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1632867575" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductCreator ProductName"><span class="textLarge">A World Without &#8220;Whom&#8221;</span><span class="pev_subName">: The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age </span></span></a>by Emmy J. Favilla (Bloomsbury USA: Macmillan).</p>
<p><em>The Washington Post</em> lists “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-to-read-this-month/2017/12/06/1a5f8b44-d9f8-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?utm_term=.428a6cd8045d" rel="noopener noreferrer">The best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month</a>.”</p>
<p>The January <a href="http://www.bookweb.org/news/january-2018-indie-next-list-preview-102330" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indie Next List</a> selects <span class="textLarge"><a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/07/prepub/picks/bradley-benjamin-finn-johnson-joyce-barbaras-picks-jan-2018/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Immortalists</span></a> by </span>Chloe Benjamin (Putnam) as their top book of the month.</p>
<p><em>Entertainment Weekly</em> offers “<a href="http://ew.com/books/books-to-read-shape-of-water/11-books-to-read-if-you-love-the-shape-of-water" rel="noopener noreferrer">11 beautifully strange romance books to read if you loved <em>The Shape of Water</em></a>.”</p>
<p>The <em>LA Times</em> runs <a href="http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-attica-locke-20171207-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">a feature on Attica Locke</a>, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/09/books/genre-fiction/mystery/brooks-pick-of-the-month-notable-series-launches-from-indridason-massey-debuters-gates-lackey-mystery-reviews/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Bluebird, Bluebird</span></a> (Mulholland: Hachette).</p>
<p>Authors on Air: Tiffany Haddish, <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-december-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">The Last Black Unicorn</span></a> (Gallery: S. &#38; S.), will be on <em>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</em> tonight.</p>
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http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/michael-stephens/making-name-office-hours/feed/1For those with a newly minted LIS degree or soon to graduate, it’s never too early to start putting yourself out there. And for those already on course in your professional life, please look for ways to help our next generation of library professionals along.<p class="k4text"><img class="size-full wp-image-71394 alignright" src="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Michael-Stephens_new.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="170" srcset="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Michael-Stephens_new.jpg 170w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Michael-Stephens_new-70x70.jpg 70w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Michael-Stephens_new-100x100.jpg 100w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Michael-Stephens_new-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px" />For those with a newly minted LIS degree or soon to graduate, it’s never too early to start putting yourself out there. And for those already on course in your professional life, please look for ways to help our next generation of library professionals along.</p>
<p class="k4text">LIS students need to begin marketing themselves early. It can help them to get hired, generate conversation about ideas, and provide feedback, laying the foundation for their career. Ours is a relatively small profession, so it’s not impossible to make a bit of a name for oneself. Students and grads should take advantage of the many ways it’s possible to be noticed. Libraries have been turning outward, why not librarians?</p>
<p class="k4subhead">Visible &#38; Vocal</p>
<p class="k4text">Building some type of professional presence on social media is a good step for any LIS student. LinkedIn, Facebook, and other sites offer a place for a soon-to-be-librarian to begin sharing and connecting. It also builds valuable networking skills that may come in handy when new grads are in jobs that require outreach into communities of users. Of course, one doesn’t have to put everything out there, but a strong professional presence in certain strategic networks related to areas of interest can be valuable.</p>
<p class="k4text">A mainstay in my classes is reflective blogging on the open web. Students get experience writing and publishing their ideas and reactions to course material online. Some take to it so well, I ask to highlight their posts as part of the “Student Voices” category at my blog Tame the Web. I also encourage those drawn to the medium to continue to seek outlets for their writing online and in print.</p>
<p class="k4text">One of my former students recently published an essay entitled <a href="https://hacklibraryschool.com/2017/09/26/hacking-parenthood-in-library-school-when-youre-new-to-parenting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Hacking Parenthood in Library School: When You’re New to Parenting</a>” at the Hack Library School blog. Megan Keane, a new mom deep in her program at my institution, explored the balancing act required to make parenting and the master&#8217;s work.</p>
<p class="k4subhead">In Process</p>
<p class="k4text">Joining the student chapter of the American Library Association (ALA) or an appropriate division is a good step. Make the most of it by being active, seeking out leadership opportunities or other offices that get you out into the field. Some student chapters organize local tours of libraries and archives and other social activities. For those new to the profession, follow the wise advice often given to potential librarians: volunteer to build experience and contacts!</p>
<p class="k4text">Conferences offer those opportunities. I have met numerous students during speaking gigs at state conferences who come prepared to network with a business card complete with graduation date. Local, regional, and state meetings are also a place to get one’s feet wet with presenting or volunteering.</p>
<p class="k4subhead">Encourage Them</p>
<p class="k4text">For folks already working in our field, mentoring and other forms of encouragement can give a helpful boost to our newly or almost minted librarians. Share a blog post from a writer like Keane or offer to host a visiting student chapter at your facility. Listen to what they have to say. Review résumés and cover letters with those who might be volunteering at your library. Give advice.</p>
<p class="k4text">Make this goal institutional. Take a look at Gwinnett County Public Library’s (GCPL) <a href="https://www.gwinnettpl.org/innovativeaward/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Innovative Librarians Award</a> to see how we might <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/library-education/new-award-honors-innovative-lis-students/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">build up our next generation of librarians</a>. The library is seeking to cultivate new ideas for the profession while at the same time giving LIS students a platform at which to begin building their brand and participation.</p>
<p class="k4text">Michael Casey, director of customer experience for GCPL in metropolitan Atlanta, said, “When hiring professional librarians, we&#8217;re always looking for those who are willing to put forth their innovative ideas and therefore are willing, themselves, to change. What better way to discover new and innovative ideas while at the same time giving students and recently graduated librarians an opportunity to make a name for themselves in the greater profession? It&#8217;s never too early to start participating and contributing. Being recognized, and winning a little prize money, doesn&#8217;t hurt, either!”</p>
<p class="k4text">I appreciate GCPL’s initiative and would love to see this type of award adopted by other types of libraries. We often say we should “grow our own” at an institutional level, but perhaps it’s time to encourage and reward innovative thinking in the broader profession as well.</p>Library EducationLJ in PrintOffice HoursInnovative Librarians AwardLJ_2017_Nov_15Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:40:17 GMThttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/michael-stephens/making-name-office-hours/#commentshttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/?p=80230Michael Stephens2017-12-07T20:40:17ZA Movable Literary Feast | Albertine Prize Short List Announcedhttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/in-the-bookroom/post/a-movable-literary-feast-albertine-prize-short-list-announced/
Book lovers and Francophiles gathered at the historic Payne Whitney mansion in New York City to celebrate the announcement of the shortlist for the 2018 Albertine Prize, a reader&#8217;s choice award for the best Francophone fiction translated into English and published in the United States over the past year.<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-107482" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DQcdVjrVwAEgI_W1-170x170.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="170" />On December 6, 2017, at the historic Payne Whitney mansion on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, designed by renowned architect Stanford White and now home to the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and the <a href="http://www.albertine.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">French-language bookstore Albertine</a>, book lovers and Francophiles gathered to celebrate the announcement of the short list for the 2018 Albertine Prize. First launched in 2017 by the bookstore and copresented by Van Cleef &#38; Arpels and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the $10,000 prize is a reader&#8217;s choice award for the best Francophone fiction translated into English and published in the United States over the past year.</p>
<div id="attachment_107489" style="width: 180px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img class="wp-image-107489 size-thumbnail" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/albertine5-1-e1512668618409-170x170.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="170" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Actor reading excerpt from Anne Garréta&#8217;s Not One Day</p></div>
<p>The evening was marked by guests traveling from room to room listening to actors read excerpts from the short-listed books. The five nominated titles are Matthias Enard&#8217;s <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/04/books/fiction/spring-fiction-in-translation-top-stories-from-around-the-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Compass</em>,</a> translated by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions); Anne Garréta&#8217;s <a href="https://ipage.ingramcontent.com/ipage/servlet/ibg.common.titledetail.pd1000?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAAAKtWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOjp5-6rBFILZIeE-ICYBUpW0dGGOkpAtmtFYnJJfEhmSU4qkOeXX6Lg75eqkJJYqRQbWwsApK29s20AAAA&#38;R=49061852" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Not One Day</em>,</a> translated by Emma Ramadan (Deep Vellum); Édouard Louis&#8217;s <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/04/books/fiction/spring-fiction-in-translation-top-stories-from-around-the-world/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The End of Eddy, </em></a>translated by Michael Lucey (FSG); Alain Mabankou&#8217;s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Moses-Novel-Alain-Mabanckou/dp/162097293X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#38;ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1512676741&#38;sr=1-1&#38;keywords=black+moses+alain+mabanckou" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <em>Black Moses</em>,</a> translated by Helen Stevenson (New Press); and Christine Argot&#8217;s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Incest-CHRISTINE-ANGOT/dp/0914671871/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#38;ie=UTF8&#38;qid=1512676778&#38;sr=1-1&#38;keywords=Incest" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Incest</em>,</a> translated by Tess Lewis (Archipelago).</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-107480" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/albertine1-e1512666519204-170x170.jpg" alt="" width="170" height="170" />Readers have until May 1, 2018, to <a href="http://www.albertine.com/albertine-prize-2018/" rel="noopener noreferrer">vote for their favorite book</a>. This year the award will be split between the author and translator, with the winners being announced at a ceremony in New York City on June 6, 2018.</p>
<p>If you are considering establishing a fiction-in-translation reading group at your library, these five titles would make an excellent start. After attending all the readings, I was particularly impressed by Louis&#8217;s semiautobiographical novel about growing up gay in a gritty industrial town in northern France and Congolese author Mabankou&#8217;s picaresque tale of an orphan raised by thieves. Shades of <em>Oliver Twist</em>, anyone?</p>
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<p>&#160;</p>ReviewsBooksLJnewsThu, 07 Dec 2017 19:48:51 GMThttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/?p=107473Wilda Williams2017-12-07T19:48:51ZTextbook Affordability: What’s Happening in Your State | From the Bell Towerhttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/steven-bell/textbook-affordability-whats-happening-state-bell-tower/
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/steven-bell/textbook-affordability-whats-happening-state-bell-tower/feed/1The good news is that more academic librarians are leading textbook affordability and open educational resources initiatives at their institutions. What if we could do even more good work with statewide efforts? Fortunately, there are some good models to lead the way.<p><img class="alignright wp-image-73689 size-thumbnail" src="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NewStevenBell_02_17-170x170.jpg" alt="Steven Bell" width="170" height="170" srcset="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NewStevenBell_02_17-170x170.jpg 170w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NewStevenBell_02_17-70x70.jpg 70w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NewStevenBell_02_17-100x100.jpg 100w, http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NewStevenBell_02_17-144x144.jpg 144w" sizes="(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px" />The good news is that more academic librarians are leading textbook affordability and open educational resources (OER) initiatives at their institutions. What if we could do even more good work with statewide efforts? Fortunately, there are some good models to lead the way.</p>
<p>There’s generally wide acceptance in academic librarianship that promoting OER is a good fit with ongoing efforts to promote a culture of openness at our institutions. Academic librarians who advocate for student success also see value in encouraging instructors to achieve textbook affordability because students learn more effectively when all their required learning materials are easily accessible. While the number of academic libraries creating programs to facilitate textbook affordability is expanding, there are still too many that, for any number of reasons, lack the capacity to implement one. My simple proposition is that all academic librarians, wherever their library and institution may be on the textbook affordability program development spectrum, should advance it by working together in coalitions to establish statewide initiatives.</p>
<p class="Subhead">Old idea, new Application</p>
<p>Libraries working together to achieve progress and benefits for all is hardly a new idea. Statewide and regional consortia have long provided the structure for librarians to pool their resources to acquire materials, develop shared services, and implement new technologies. A few states have discovered there is also strength in numbers when it comes to helping consortia members develop textbook affordability initiatives. In a <a href="http://palrap.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/palrap/article/view/166">recent article</a> on the importance of librarians supporting statewide affordability efforts, Joe Salem and I identified just a few of the ways in which this can work:</p>
<ul>
<li>Train-the-trainer programs to equip librarians at more institutions to create OER awareness at their institution;</li>
<li>Sharing resources and expertise to help faculty identify OER in their discipline, for program assessment, and for training and other applications where we needn’t replicate each other’s efforts;</li>
<li>Conducting statewide surveys to establish student and faculty attitudes and behaviors related to textbook use;</li>
<li>Identifying faculty and librarians who can visit neighboring institutions to conduct OER workshops;</li>
<li>Gaining momentum to advocate for funding and legislative change to support the adoption of OER;</li>
<li>Offering information about the latest publisher efforts to introduce OER-related solutions and learning platforms;</li>
<li>Pooling ebook collections for use as learning materials and developing tools to make them discoverable by faculty and students;</li>
<li>Applying for and obtaining grants to support statewide initiatives.</li>
</ul>
<p>The bottom line is that banding together allows those libraries that already making significant progress toward textbook affordability to leverage their gains to assist and support their fellow librarians who are less well-equipped to launch an initiative at their campus.</p>
<p class="Subhead">A few good examples</p>
<p>In order to learn more about what academic librarians can do when they join forces across their state, take time to study any one of several good models.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/">Affordable Learning Georgia</a>: ALG offers years of experience achieving textbook affordability through a statewide initiative. Its Textbook Transformation Grants have saved students millions of dollars in textbook costs. The operation is well organized and supported by dedicated staff. Visit the site to get a sense of the robust resources a statewide organization can offer and stay for the helpful resources.</p>
<p><a href="http://louislibraries.org/">LOUIS</a> (Louisiana Library Network): Sometimes referred to as the poster child for a consortial approach to textbook affordability, this group has some impressive accomplishments. Foremost among them is a strong advocacy effort resulting in funding and support for OER from the Board of Regents. In support of textbook affordability LOUIS offers several innovative projects, including collaborative ebook collections that provide faculty with an option to substitute a library resource for commercial textbooks.</p>
<p><a href="http://affordablelearning.ohiolink.edu/Guide">OHIOLINK</a>: Librarians know about OHIOLINK and what it has done for shared library resources. Now it is doing great things for textbook affordability across their state. If one of the goals in your state is to bring interested parties together for a textbook affordability conference, OHIOLINK’s OER Summit, at which librarians and faculty gather to learn about OER and adoption strategies, is a good example to follow.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vivalib.org/openinitiatives/otn.html">VIVA</a> (Virtual Library of Virginia): According to the VIVA website there are 35 academic libraries participating in the textbook affordability initiative. A small group of trainers teach other librarians about OER and how to conduct on-campus workshops for faculty. VIVA’s initiative is headed by a small steering group of librarians from four member institutions. In planning the launch of an initiative for my own state, reviewing the work of VIVA was most helpful.</p>
<p>By no means are these the only good examples of statewide initiatives. What these groups have in common, in addition to committed resources, is their <a href="http://research.cehd.umn.edu/otn/membership/network-members/">Open Textbook Network</a> (OTN) affiliation. Other consortial members include CARLI, Open Oregon, MOBIUS, and the Boston Library Consortium. While it is not the only path to implementing a statewide initiative, a consortial relationship with OTN provides a level of support and training that can facilitate the development of a statewide effort.</p>
<p class="Subhead">Getting started</p>
<p>If you are an academic librarian already committed to textbook affordability and advocacy for open education, what is a good next step for extending efforts beyond your own institution? If a broader statewide project would benefit colleagues yet to explore the possibilities, how can you best get them engaged? Based on what appears to be working, connecting with a state association or consortia is the approach with the most promise. It takes a few academic librarians who are willing to start the conversation about making something happen statewide. The year 2017 has been productive and rewarding for open educational resource advocates. The resources are growing, more states are exploring affordability legislation, and more academic librarians are getting engaged at their own institution. Make no mistake: starting a textbook affordability initiative at your institution is hard work. Starting a statewide initiative is even harder. But the potential rewards and gains for our students are that much greater. Let’s make 2018 the year that statewide textbook affordability initiatives blossom across the country.</p>Academic LibrariesDigital ResourcesFrom the Bell TowerOpen AccessconsortiaOERThu, 07 Dec 2017 17:01:09 GMThttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/opinion/steven-bell/textbook-affordability-whats-happening-state-bell-tower/#commentshttp://lj.libraryjournal.com/?p=80619Steven Bell2017-12-07T17:01:09ZCelebrity Deals, Even More Best Lists, & Bookish News | Book Pulsehttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/12/collection-development/book-pulse/celebrity-deals-even-more-best-lists-bookish-news-book-pulse/
Sally Field writes a memoir, Kal Penn pens an essay collection, and California gets sued for failing to teach kids to read.<p class="Subhead14Feature">More Best of the Year</p>
<p><em>USA Today</em> picks its <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/12/06/10-books-we-loved-reading-2017/921590001/" rel="noopener noreferrer">best books of 2017</a>, leading with <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2016/06/books/fiction/summer-promise-debut-novels-july-1-2016/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Lincoln in the Bardo</span></a> by George <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-107470" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/So-Much-Blue-cover-image-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/So-Much-Blue-cover-image-200x300.jpg 200w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/So-Much-Blue-cover-image-333x500.jpg 333w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/So-Much-Blue-cover-image.jpg 660w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" />Saunders (Random).</p>
<p><em>Time</em> has a best list for <a href="http://time.com/5028161/top-10-novels-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fiction</a> and for <a href="http://time.com/5029600/top-10-non-fiction-books-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nonfiction</a>. <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/03/prepub/picks/krauss-le-carre-mcdermott-rushdie-ward-barbaras-fiction-picks-sept-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Sing, Unburied, Sing</span></a> by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner: S. &#38; S.) and Hillary Rodham Clinton&#8217;s <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1501175564" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">What Happened</span></a> (S. &#38; S.) top the lists.</p>
<p><em>Vulture</em> (<em>New York Magazine</em>) <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-10-best-books-of-2017.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">picks its best</a> too. <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/01/books/fiction/lj-fiction-reviews-february-15-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">So Much Blue</span></a> by Percival Everett (Graywolf: Macmillan) leads the way.</p>
<p><em>GQ</em> also offers its list, playing tag with its picks, <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/best-books-of-2017" rel="noopener noreferrer">the magazine asks each author it chooses to in turn offer recommendations</a>.</p>
<p>Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-best-books/" rel="noopener noreferrer">joins the judging</a> as well, leaning heavily on business titles.</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Book Deals</p>
<p>Sally Field will write <a href="https://nyti.ms/2AW3ZIu" rel="noopener noreferrer">a memoir</a>, <span class="ProductName">In Pieces</span> (Grand Central: Hachette). Expect it in the fall of 2018.</p>
<p>Kal Penn will write <a href="http://ew.com/books/2017/12/06/kal-penn-book-deal-essay-collection/" rel="noopener noreferrer">an essay collection</a> with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; expect it in 2019.</p>
<p>Adaptation role reversal: The <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avatar</a> films (with sequels on the way) <a href="http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-avatar-books-20171206-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">lead to books</a> from Random House.</p>
<p class="Subhead14Feature">Briefly Noted</p>
<p>Proving Bitch Media correct, <a href="https://nyti.ms/2AYU6cS" rel="noopener noreferrer">the editor of <em>The Paris Review</em> resigns</a> in the face of inquiries into “his behavior toward female employees and writers,” as the <em>NYT</em> puts it.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-107471" src="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image-197x300.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="300" srcset="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image-197x300.jpg 197w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image-768x1167.jpg 768w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image-329x500.jpg 329w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image-900x1368.jpg 900w, http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Troublemakers-cover-image.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px" /></p>
<p>The <em>NYT</em> offers <a href="https://nyti.ms/2nwIjgq" rel="noopener noreferrer">some books for grandparents</a> and J.D. Vance <a href="https://nyti.ms/2nv7DmY" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=080909505X" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia</span></a> by Steven Stoll (Hill and Wang: Macmillan).</p>
<p><em>USA Today</em> reviews <a href="http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2017/10/books/nonfic/lj-nonfiction-review-alert-october-15-2017/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span class="ProductName">Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age</span></a> by Leslie Berlin (S. &#38; S.), calling it “<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/12/06/new-book-looks-how-silicon-valley-grew-into-behemoth-we-know-today/919524001/" rel="noopener noreferrer">a fun and well-documented read</a>.”</p>
<p>California gets sued for failing to teach children to read. The <em>NYT</em> reports it “<a href="https://nyti.ms/2AYHSRF" rel="noopener noreferrer">is the first in the United States to seek recognition of the constitutional right to literacy</a>.”</p>
<p><em>The Washington Post</em> asks “It’s been 37 years since John Lennon was shot. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/its-been-37-years-since-john-lennon-was-shot-can-we-find-the-real-lennon-in-books/2017/12/06/9c32dec0-be3a-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.c6fcbd90eb66" rel="noopener noreferrer">Can we find the real Lennon in books</a>?”</p>
<p>&#160;</p>ReviewsBook PulseBookscollection developmentLJreaders' advisoryThu, 07 Dec 2017 14:52:54 GMThttp://reviews.libraryjournal.com/?p=107443Neal Wyatt2017-12-07T14:52:54Z